October 2: PEACE

Believe it:

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27

Live it:

We can learn three lessons from today’s text.
1. Peace has imitations. Pills. Passion. Music. Yoga. Relaxation techniques. Mental pictures of far-off beaches. Alcohol. Drugs. The world tries to imitate God’s peace, and that’s what it gets: imitations. It’s only temporary; for only a moment. Imitations are never the same as the original. Only God can give permanent peace, free and full.
2. Peace is a gift. If someone could package “peace” and sell it, they would become multi-millionaires. If you need peace, go to the Source of peace. You don’t need a middleman, and you won’t have to pay for it. It is a gift that God gives us. We can have peace because Jesus won it for us. Its value is beyond calculation. It’s the life of His Son, Jesus.
3. Peace is not the absence of problems, but rather the calm in the midst of problems. Sometimes God calms the storm. But He always calms His child! He does not promise peace from the storm, but peace in the storm. Many times we want God to take away from our lives those things that cause stress, but He makes no such promise. However, He does promise you peace in the midst of tribulation, pain, and sorrow.

Share it:

Among your family and friends, does someone need to experience peace? Call and offer to pray for and with them.

My prayer for today: for the speaker.

-Pray that God will give that person peace. (Nervousness, go away!)

-Pray that God will bring peace to the people through his words.

from God’s City, My City